JAMES LEACH, RESPF.CTFUI.LY inforttu hit (rirndi «"d the public, Th«t from the enrouragen»e*« he hat icceived, from several refpeflable Gentle men. he is indnccd onee more, tocmbaik iufhc PAPF.R LlNE—and would offer his fir-vires <0 all thofc Gentlemen, who can place confidence in him ; and h afTures those who employ lii'ii, thai th' ir confidcjice Oiall not be mifplaee.' but it shall be his conllant endeavor, to pay Hie ftrilh ft attention to thnr heft interest, in all pe cociltinni whatever. He has taken the Chamber, in X'ate-Street, over Mr. David 1 own fend, Watch Shop.——Where PUBLIC >>KCURI- TlhS, of all kinds, are bought and fold ; and wheif CoinmilTion Bufniefs of all kinds. will be tranfrfted on reasonable terms. HOL'ShS and VESSELS will be constantly expofrd lor laic, on commiflion. • • Cacti paid for Salein, Providence, and Fori (mouth BILLS. N. B. If any Gentleman in Philadelphia, or Ken-York, has any Bujinefs to tranfaff at Hoflon, ifi Pai>er Negotiations, he will be happy t» be em ployed on commijfion. Boston, Jan. 24, 1794. To be Sold at Public Vendue, On Friday the nth day of April next, atthchoufe of 'John Thontfon> in Perth- Amboy, The Proprietary House AND LOT OF LAND, 1N THAT CITY. THE Lot contains eleven acief, on which is an orchard of grafted apple t;ecs, a well of ex eel I en', water, a large (lone c .Acini, and a very commodious (table and coach-houfc, and a great quantity of the baft building (tones in the walls of the house, which was formerly built for the refiHence of the Governors of New-Jtrfey. The fttu;itior. of this Lot is so weli known lor us heaiihmrfs and beautiful profpeft of the Rariton river to the weft of the bav, and Sandy-Hook »o the east, that a further defe. iption is unm ceflarv. The conditions of fait will be, one third of the purchase money <o be paid on the firft day of May next, when a good and fufficicnt Deed will be nven to the put chafer', by Waltsr Ru therfurd, fcfq. Pi?fide«| of the Board of Proprietors of the Eallern Division of New- J..]'(cv, nnd the remaining two thirds faiisfa&o nly fecurcd in equal annual payments. By order of the Board, JAMFS PARKER, Rrgifter. Perth-Amboy, February 5, 1 794. sawcrti War Department. January 3oth 1794. INFORMATION is lieieuy given to all the military invalids of the United States,that the iums to which they areeuitled for fix months of their annual penflon, fiom the fourih day of September 1793, and which will become due on Ihe sth da-y of March 1794, will be paid on the said day by the C6mm>fl»oners of the Loans wi'hin the states rclpe&ivcly, under the usual re gulations. Applications of executors and administrators niutt be accompanied with legal evidence of their reC|K&v*e offices, and alio of the time the invalids dfcd, whose penfmn they m*y claim. By cunimatta «f thr PrVfld nt of the Uwted Stairs, H. KNOX, Secretary of IVar. (Pr The printers in she refptdive states are rcqucftcd to publifo the abwcin iheir newfpa prrs tor the space of iwo months. January 30, JUST PUBLISHED, AN'II ma SALf. BY M. Carey, No. 118,Higb-Jireet, The PROMPTER• Commentary on Common Sayings and Subjects, which are full of Common Sknsf., the bejifenfe in the world. TH IS little book is written in a stile altogether novel, and is adapted to all capacities, as well as to all claffcs ot people, merchants, me chanics and farmers. Such a reputation has this woik acquired, that it h*s parted thro three itn prcrtionsin the eailern states, and many houle holders deem !t so ufeful as to purchase a copy for every adult in theii families.——Price 2s. February 4. M Notice is hereby given, the fubferiber has been duly ap- X pointed Adminiflratrix on the estate of his Excellency John Hancock, Esq. late of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, deceased, and has taken upon herlelf that trust, by giving bonds as the law directs—and all persons in tercfted, are defmd to take notice actord ingljr. DOROTHY HANCOCK. Boston, Nov. 13, 1793. Take Notice. ALL persons who have any demand* against (he Eftat<- of his late Excellency JOHN HANCOCK, Esq. deceased, are requested to exhibit the fame to the Subscriber, Attorney to the Administratrix of said Estate : And all persons who stand indebted to said Estate, are requeued to fettle with him immediately; as the Ast of Limitation of Actions, which is to take place on the firft day of December next, will otherwise render it necefTary for him to com mence suits against: them. JOSEPH MAY, Attorney to the Administratrix. Boston, Nov. 13, 1793. N. B The Printers throughout this Com monwealth, are requested to insert this in their re'fpeftive newspapers, and forward their ac counts lor the fame, to J. M NO R R I S-C OU R T, Hack of the New Library, between Chefnut and Walnut-Streets. George Rutter, Respectfully informs hit friends and the public in general, that he continues carrying on the hufineft of Sign and Fire-Bucket Painting, Likewise, JAPANNED PL ATES, for doors or \vindow-iliutters,donfc in tiic tuoft elegant manner, and with dispatch. Orders from the country will be thankfully received, and duly attended t*». Decenibrr 30, dtf ]uft Imported, From l*ondon, Dublin and Glasgo/t, And now opening for 'ale, by MATHEW CAREY, j4t No. 118, Market Jlreety A Large and Valuable COLLECTION OF BOOKS, Among which are the following NE W Annual Register for 1792 European Magazine for the firft fix months of 1793 Gibbons decline and fall of the Roman Empire Memoirs of the Manchester society, 3 vol*. PrieftJy on matter and spirit on christianity Disney's lite of Dr. Jortin Kingville's ancient geography D'Anoirs of Guy Joli Memty,a collection of eflays Varieof Pruflia's woi ks Calm observer—by Mackintosh Ruttell's ancient and modern Europe Langhorne's Plutarch Elegant extracts, superbly gilt Elegant extra<sts of natural history Sangnier and Briflon's vorage Rochon's voyage to Madagascar Townfend's travels in Spain Taflb's Jerusalem delivered SineMie's translation of Buffon Berwick's hifloi y of quadrupeds Buffon abridged Hiltory of birds Philips's history of inland navigation Hooper's rational recreations History of France, in 3 vols. Curiosities of literature, 3 vols. Whitaker's defence of queen Mary Sheridan's dictionary, 2 vols. Dow's history of Hindoftan Sketches of the Hindoos Key to polite literature. I inlay's description of Kentucky Pre fen t state of Nova-Scotia Present state of Hud lon's Bay Preston on masonry Lavater on phyftognomy, abridged Zimmerman's survey Murphy's life of Dr. Johnson Necker on executive power Kifftfs of Secuirdus Gallery of portraits Volney's rnins of empire* Vaillaint's travels, with superb engravings Downman's infancy Adair's history of American Indians Benington on materialifin and immaterialifm Berchold's advice to patriotic. travelers Builder's magazine Complete farmer Chandon's life of V oltaire De Non's travels Franklfri's life and works Grozier's description of China Murphy's translation of Tacitus Godwrn on political justice Gazetteer of France, 3 vols* Helvetius on man Kajmes's sketches of the history of man Liberal opinion?, or the history of Benignus Mawe's gardener's dictionary Noble's memoirs of the Cromwell family Playhouse dictionary R.everies of solitude Smith's theory of moral fentimenU Stackhoufe's history of the bible Watson's life Of Philip lid. & Illd. Wonders of nature and art, 6 vols. Wanley's wonders of the little world, called man WaJhs on the prevention of diseases Moore's journal in France d«m Cox's travels into Denmark,RufGa,Poland,See. Cox's travoJs into Switzerland Rabant's hiftary of the French revolution Life of Lord Chatham Mallet's northern antiquities Motherby's medical dictionary Grigg's advice to females Hamilton's outlines of the pra&ice of mid wifery Manning's pra&ice of physic Cleghom's diseases of Minorca Innes on the muscles Pott's works Fourcroy's chemistry Armstrong on diseases of children £)uiricy's d.fpenfatbry Edinburgh dispensatory Lewis's dispensatory Ryan on the asthma r Robertfon's treatise on fevers Lee's botany, Leake on the viscera Leake on diseases of women Nicholfon's chemistry Gardiner on the animal economy Lewis's Materia Medica Fordyce on digestion Withering on the fox glove Lind On the diseases of heat Monro on diseases of armies Haller's physiology Spalanzane's diflertations London practice of physic Bell's surgery Chaptal's chemistry. FOR SALE, By MATHEW CAREY, No. 118, Market-Street, An EfTay on Slavery: Defigntid to exhibit in a new point of view, its eife&s on morals, induflry % and the peace of ocicty. Some fa&s and calculations are ottered to prove the labor of freemen to be much more productive than that ot Jlaves ; that countries air rich, powerful and happy, in proportion as the laboring people enjoy the fruits of their own labor ; and hence the mccflaiy conclusion, that (lav«ry is impolitic as well as unjujl. Price Cents. February 15. Stock Brokers Office, No. 16, Wall-street, New-York THE Subfciiber intending to confine himfelf entirely to the PURCHASE & SALE of STOCKS on COMMISSION, btgs leave to of fir his Cervicesto his friends and others, in the line ol a Stock Broker. Those who may please to favor him with their business, may depend upon having it tranfa&ed with the uimoft fide lity and dispatch. Orders from Philadelphia, Boston, or any other part of the United States, will he ftri&ly attended to. LEONARD BLEECKER. Phi lade lphia, February 13, 1794. PROPOSALS For printing by Subscription, A Work, to be entitled, THE FIRST VOLUME OF Petinfylvania State Trials. THE want of luffidcnt information of the state trials ot G»eai-Britain in the early periods of that government is now lamented : Hi herto there hail) been but one trial in the state of Pennsylvania on impeachment :—and herealfo it :s to be regretted, that, being neg lected at the time, the public are now left with out fufficient information on the fnbjedfc of that trial, it is however in this work deftgned to ref .cuefwhatcan be col left ed thereof from foutces of indifputaple authority, f 0 that the fame shall be preserved from oblivion. Another impeachment and the second is now depending. An officer is charged by the late Honfc of Representatives, who hath for many year® been largely confided in by this state, and hath long b< en at the head of the financial de partment of the fame, and it imports the citi zens to know his conduct, and the circumstances which may be brought forward on his trial. lathis work the Editor will be careful to state the fa&s, as they may be brought forward, and to lay all the evidence and papers before the public.—With this view— The following Terms are refpeflfully submitted to the Public : I. The Work (hall be printed in o&avo, with a good type, on fine paper, and delivered to fubferibers at the refpeftive places where the sub' riptions are taken in, as soon as the work (hall be compleated. 11. As no eonje&ure can well be made, as to the length as the present trial, the fir.e of the volume cannot be ascertained at this time— But the price ftiall not excced that of fomeof the latest publications in this city. 111. It will contain all the preliminaries and in' cidental circumstances that may occur durin* the trial of John Nicholfon, Esquire, Comp troller-General of this commonwealth, with thearguments of counsel on both (ides, together with the articles of impeachment, and the pleas and replications at large, the several re solutions of the two branches of the state Le gislature, refpefting this impeachment, and the final dectfion of the SENATE refpe&ing that officer. To which will be prefixed, as much as can be colle&ed from authentic documents, of the im peachment, trial, and aequital of the late Francis Hopkinfon, Esquire, Judge of the Court of Admiralty for the state of Pinnfylvania, during the late war, never before pnblifhed. No money will be required before the deli very of the book. Subscriptions will be received by Francis Bdiley, No. 116, High-street; Wrigley and Ber riman, No. 149, Chefnuuftreet, and by the dif ferent booksellers in this city; Jacob Bailey* Lancaftcr ; Yundt and Paiton, Baltimore, and by the Editor. EDMUND HOGAN. N. B. The price will be enhanced to non fHbfcribers. Feb. 18. taw : f City Commiflioners Office, January 30, 1794. IN pursuance of a Refolvt ot the Common Council, dated the 20th day of January, 1794, for dividing the City into five Diftri&s, by hnes drawn East and Weft, whereof each of the City Commiflioners is to take the fuperin tendance of one of the said Diftri&s, and to be accountable lor the cleansing, good order and regularity of the fame. The Coinmiffioners have accordingly made the following arrangement tor the prefer* : DiJliiQ the xjt. Nathan Boys, to have the charge of that part of the flreets, lanes and aileya from Ccdar-ftreet, to the north fide of Spruce ftieet- DiJtriQ the td. Hugh Roberts, from thr north fide of Spruce-ftrecl to the north fide of Walnut facet. Diflriß the 3d. Joseph Claypoole, from the north fide of Walnut to the south tide of High ftreet. DiJlriS the 4M. William Moulder, frim the north fide of High, to the north fide of Mulbttry street. Dijlritl the sth. Nicholas Hicks, from the north fide of Mulberty, to the rtonh fide of Vine street. Extraßfrom the Minutes, JOHN MEASE, CM. N B. The carriage way in Market-street, is under the charge ot ti»c Commilßoners generally, for the prefrnt, the foot-ways on »br north and south fides thereof, are connc&ed with tb* ad joining Diftri&i rcfpedivcly. Excellent CLARET, In hogf»eads and in calea of bottles rath. a l < o, A few cases Champaigne Wine; MADEIRA, In pipes, hogsheads and quarter calks, FOR SALE BY JOHN VAUGHAN, No. tit, soultl FlOUla.ilCCi Jan. a, 1794. TO BE SOLD, A large elegantHoufe, and Lot of Ground, IN an eligible situation,—also a Country Seat within 6 miles of the City, with 9 acres of land, or 42 acres of land and meadow, the House is not exceeded by many in the vicinity iff the city, in fixe or convenience. For terms apply to the printer. January 23. TO BE SOLD, THE Fount of LONG PRIMER on which the Gazette of the United States was lately printed. The Fount will weigh about Three Hundred Pounds. The price is Twenty Cents per pound. Enquire of the Editor. Jamaica,^ An AS for giving validity in this Island It Probates to be taken, ly striata Officers in the United States of America, of D'eds to be there executed, and also to Exempli fications of Wills there proved. WHEREAS, since the reparation from the crown of Great-Britain of the late co lonies} now called the United States of Ame rica, great inconveniences have arisen to many of his Majesty's fubjefts occasionally refilling in those States, for want of a lega! provilion refpecHng the probates and acknowledgments of deeds executed in the said States, and in tended to operate in this island : For remedy whereof, we, your Majesty's dutiful and lovil fubjedts, the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Afiembly of this your Maiefly's island of Jamaica, humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enafled ; Be it therefore enacted, and it is hereby ena&ed and ordained by the authority of the fame, That, from and im mediately after the palling of this acl, any conveyance, letter of attorney, or other deed whalfoever, which shall be hereafter executed in any of the United States of America, and (hall be proved by a fubl'cribing witness, or acknowledged by the party or parties, before any of his Majesty's Coniuls or Vice-Consult residing in any of those Statue, or before the Chief Justice of any of the said States, or be fore the Chief Justice or any of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the (aid United States, and certified under the seal of any of the said States, or the seal of the said United States, shall be, and the fame is hereby declared to be, as good and efl'e&ual in the law as if such ■conveyance, letter of attorney, or other deed, had been refpeitively proved pi acknowledged before a Judge of any court of record in this island ; any law, custom, or usage, to the con trary notwithstanding : —Provided always, That in all cases wherein the right or properly of any woman under coverture is intended to be conveyed, (he (hall be examined separate and apart from her husband, by the Judge who attests the probate, and the said examina tion (hall be certified in like manner & is prac* tifed in Great-Britain or in this Island. 11. And be it further en»£led by the autho rity aforefaid, That the probate'of any lift will and testament, taken before any ciflierr authorized to take probates of wills in any of the said States, and exemplified under the fcal of the State where such probate (hall have been taken, (hall be, and the fame is hereby declared to be, as good and effeilual in tire law, as if such probate had been taken before the ordinary of this island ; any law, cuiicm, or usage, to the contrary in any wife notwith- Itanding. PaJJedthe AJfembly this tltb day of Novem ber, 179.1. WILLIAM BLAKE, Speaker. faffed the Council, this nth November, rjai. G. ATKINSON, CI. Council. I consent, this 6tb December, 1793. ADAM WILLIAMSON. Vera copia extur. G. Atkiwson, See. *„* The American Printers are requeued to publish thisa<ft in their several newfpaperj. Proposals having been publijhed lafl autumn, for continuing the Gazette f tit United States as an half weekly paper, in conjunction v/ith a daily paper, frequent ap plications (pojhge unpaid) are. made by per fans at a dtflance for the former —but as the terms proposed on lhat occcfton were not com pried with, the plan if an half ■weel'y paper is rtlinqui/hed. . Cy As the Editor has repeatedly lee a fubjeSed to pojlage on the Letters of persons, • who have in that way applied to purcbafe the Fount of Long Primer -which he Las for fule —those who wish to buy thtfe types, are informed that the price is twenty cents per pound, cafb —to be paid at their delive ry—the fount weighs about 250 ft,. . PHILADELPHIA: PmxTtD by JOHN FENNO, No. 3, South Fourth-Street. / m&th—tf
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